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Deesis With Saint Paul And Saint Catherine
''Deesis with Saint Paul and Saint Catherine'' is an oil on panel painting by Giulio Romano, executed ''c.'' 1520, now in the Galleria nazionale di Parma. Its title refers to deesis, a subject in Christian iconography, shown here with Paul of Tarsus and Catherine of Alexandria in the lower register and the Virgin Mary and John the Baptist in the upper. It shows the artist still in his Raphaelesque classicising phase, far from the Mannerism he later showed at the Palazzo Te in Mantua - for example, his figure of St Catherine explicitly refers to the figures of Raphael's Vatican fresco ''Disputation of the Holy Sacrament''. Until the late 19th century ''Deesis'' was even misattributed to Raphael, though this was corrected via preparatory drawings for the work (Louvre). Sources state the work was on the high altar of the monastery church of San Paolo, Parma, San Paolo in Parma since at least the mid 17th century and possibly earlier, though it is unknown how the work first came to t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Giulio Romano, La Deesis Tra I Santi Paolo E Caterina
Giulio () is an Italian given name. Notable people with the name include: * Giulio Alberoni (1664–1752), Italian cardinal and statesman * Giulio Alenio (1582–1649), Italian Jesuit missionary and scholar * Giulio Alfieri (1924–2002), Italian automobile engineer * Giulio Andreotti (1919–2013), Italian politician * Giulio Carlo Argan (1909–1992), Italian politician and art historian * Giulio Base (born 1964), Italian film director * Giulio Berruti (born 1984), Italian film and television actor * Giulio Bizzozero (1846–1901), Italian physician * Giulio Bosetti (1930–2009), Italian actor and director * Giulio Brogi (1935–2019), Italian actor * Giulio Caccini ( 1545–1618), Florentine composer, significant innovator of the early Baroque era * Giulio Calì (1895–1967), Italian actor * Giulio Camillo ( 1480–1544), Italian philosopher * Giulio Campagnola ( 1482–1515), Italian painter * Giulio Campi (1500–1572), Italian painter and architect * Giulio Cappelli (1911–1 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |